We all have had or will have experiences that break us, at least a little. Heartbreak. The loss of a loved one. Illness. We can allow these experiences to be a stopping point and get stuck there or be a learning point and a catalyst for growth.

When we are deep in the pain it can be hard to see the learning, the opportunity for growth and change. Sometimes we get stuck there for years. We may yearn for the past or spend our time fantasizing about the future. Either way we are not able to fully live in the present. We may allow ourselves to get so bound up by heartbreak we cannot open to new love. Or maybe we are paralyzed by the fear that what killed our mother/father will befall us as well.

What on earth does all of this have to do with acupuncture? Acupuncture can have a powerful effect on an emotional and spiritual level. According to Daoist traditions different acupuncture points and channel systems influence the psyche on a deep level. If you are stuck in emotional pain acupuncture can help open you up to a new way of seeing, instigating a shift in perspective that allows you to become unstuck. A shift from being broken to be broken open. As the great Sufi mystic Rumi said “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” When you are broken open you can heal, you can grow, you can gain a level of insight that may have previously been unavailable.

If you are ready to move from feeling broken to the experience of being broken open give me a call today!

P.S. Thanks to Reverend David Ault (www.davidault.com) for the inspiration for this blog post!